Wheel-guard.



R. G. EULBERG.

WHEEL GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 25, 1912.

1,669,93Q Patented Aug". 12, 1913.

RAYMOND C. EULBERG, 0F GALENA, ILLINOIS.

WHEEL-GUARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 12,1913.

Application filed July 25, 1912. Serial No. 711,552.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RAYMOND G. EULBERG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Galena, in the county of Jo Daviess, State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wheel-Guards; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invent-ion relates to wheel guards and more particularly to guards for railway car wheels.

The object of the invention is to provide a guard of this character which will be securely held in position and which will be constructed in such a manner that danger of clothing being caught therebetween will be eliminated.

Another object of this invention is to con struct a device in such manner that the frame will be securely fastened to the car truck to properly support the guard plate.

Another object is to generally improve and simplify the construction of devices of this character and increase the efliciency thereof.

With this and other objects in view my invention will be more fully described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which show a preferred embodiment of my invention.

In the drawings :-Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a car truck of conventional form wit-h my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an end view thereof. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction indicated by the arrow. Fig. 4; is a sectional view on the line 44. of Fig. 1 looking in the direction indicated by the arrow. Fig. 5 is a vertical section on the line 55 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a detail view of the device removed.

Referring more specifically to the drawings in which a single truck car is shown, 10 designates the vertical rod of the frame, each rod having its upper end secured to the inner face of the truck 11 while the lower end of the bar is curved forwardly, as shown at 12 to meet the upwardly directed curved rod 13 to which the rear face of the curved guard plate 14 is secured. The rod 13 extends from the lower edge to the upper edge of said guard plate. Leading from the upper end of said rod 13 is the rearwardly directed rod 15 which crosses the rod 10 at the curved portion thereof and has its rear end secured to the truck bolster 16. The rods 15 and 10 are secured at their cross portions by means of the bolt 17 or other suitable fastening means passed therethrough. The straight portion of the rod 10 is also secured to the axle box 18 by means of the horizontally connecting member 19. Thus it will be seen that the guard plate 14: is securely held in position above the rail 20 and in front of the wheel 21 and will properly serve to clear the track in front of said wheel.

It will be understood that a guard plate and supporting frame composed of the members arranged and secured as described, are provided for each wheel.

The rods comprising the supporting frame are preferably circular in cross section and formed of iron while the guard bolt is constructed of sheet metal, but it will be understood that any suitable material or materials may be employed, if desired.

It will further be apparent that minor changes in the details of construction may be made within the scope of the claim, if desired, without in the slightest degree departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim is A guard comprising an arcuate plate of substantially oblong outline, and a rod bent intermediate its ends to form a loop, the bight of said loop being secured to the rear face of said plate near one end edge thereof, the legs of said rod extending in a single plane at a right angle to said plate and being crossed near said plate, one of said legs being bent upwardly and the other continued rearwardly beyond their crossing, and said legs having their terminals bent abruptly to provide attaching feet.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

RAYMOND C. EULBERG.

Witnesses:

RAYMOND Hmsr, MARY WEINSGHENK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

